Sales and Use Tax Review
Commission Recommendations - 2001

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The analysis provided in support of the Review Commission's recommendations is based on discussions by Commission members as well as information that may be provided to the Commission by third parties, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or judgment of any individual Commission member.


Bill #


Description


Recommendation Date
The Bill authorizes the creation of a sales tax exemption for purchases of teaching materials including professional development materials for teachers or teaching staff of preschool through grade 12 schools in New Jersey.
12/18/01
The Bill authorizes the creation of a new UEZ in Beverly City, Burlington County.
12/18/01
Amends the exemption provided in N.J.S.A. 54:32B-8.15 to include the sale of returnable plastic containers and pallets.
08/13/01

S-2389

Establishes a week-long tax holiday during the last week of July 2001, during which sales of personal computers for non-business use will be exempt from sales and use tax. Also establishes a one-day tax holiday on July 31, 2001, when sales of any item of tangible personal property for non-business use will be exempt from sales and use tax.
08/13/01
This bill would authorize a refund of sales and use tax paid with respect to certain costs incurred in the rehabilitation of historic property. In addition, other state tax benefits would be enacted that are outside the scope of this review.
05/30/01
This bill provides a sales and use tax exemption for credit unions that are chartered under the laws of the State of New Jersey. (Identical Bill A-3161)
03/29/01
This bill would make State-chartered credit unions exempt from sales and use tax as long as federally chartered credit unions are exempt.
03/29/01
This bill would allow certified vendors in certain downtown business districts to collect 3% sales tax.
03/22/01
Provides for exemption from sales and use tax of receipts from retail sales of a personal computer for non-business use to an individual purchaser when the sale is made during an exclusion period. Provides definitions. Provides definitions for exemption from sales and use tax of receipts from retail sales of school supplies, school equipment, and school-related items sold to a consumer during the exclusion period. Provides that the director of the Division of Taxation can promulgate regulations in consultation with the Commissioner of Education in order to implement the provisions of this bill.
03/28/01
This bill provides a sales and use tax exemption for credit unions that are chartered under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
03/28/01
(1) Broadens the applicability of the medical exemption. (2) Extends the scope of the exemption by exempting sales of all other "health care equipment and supplies." (3) Clarifies the exemption and makes some minor structural changes in the provision.
03/28/01
Exempts the sale of child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, provided that they meet the most recent federal safety standards
03/28/01
(1) Provides a sales tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property for non-business use to individual holiday purchasers during the exclusion period. (2) Excludes motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and energy from this exemption. (3) Defines "exclusion period" and "individual holiday purchasers."
03/28/01
Provides sales and use tax exemption for purchases of equipment used directly and exclusively to prevent, control or eliminate air, water or solid or hazardous waste pollution generated as a by-product of manufacturing, industrial, commercial or agricultural processes or services.
03/28/01
This bill provides a sales tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property for non-business use to individual back-to-school purchasers made during the exclusion period but excludes motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and energy from this exemption.
03/28/01

S-1924

Broadens the exemption for school textbooks to include "recommended" books, in addition to books designated as "required" textbooks by an educational institution.

02/22/01

S-1905 and
A-3005

The bill would provide a sales and use tax exemption for certain sales to nonprofit homeowners' associations of energy and of certain services which they are required to provide for the common areas of a real estate community.

02/22/01

S-1975

The bill would amend the Sales and Use Tax Act to exempt sales at concession stands in, or on the grounds of, State-owned veterans' homes.

02/22/01

A-2967 and
S-523

This bill exempts certain sales made by rural electric cooperatives from the sales and use tax and corporation business tax. Currently, Sussex Rural Electric is the only electric cooperative in the state.

02/26/01

A-2845

The bill provides for a sales and use tax rebate and pass-through of cost savings to residential purchasers of natural gas and the transportation service, between November 1, 2000 and March 31, 2001.

02/26/01

A-17 and
S-1727

Extends the life of an Urban Enterprise Zone after the expiration of its third five year period of designation as such if the municipality has a stated unemployment rate or is contiguous to a Zone that meets that unemployment test. Also authorizes an additional joint Zone that would apply to North Wildwood City, Wildwood City, Wildwood Crest Borough and West Wildwood Borough in Cape May County.

02/26/01